title: Prevention, diagnosis, and management of surgical site infections: relevant considerations for critical care medicine.
abstract: Surgical site infection complicates 2% to 5% of all operative procedures. Many of the risk factors for the development of a surgical site infection (eg, old age, major comorbidity, emergency surgery) are present in patients typically requiring postoperative admission to the intensive care unit. This article reviews the risk factors and measures to prevent surgical site infection and diagnostic and management considerations relevant to critical care medicine.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, K3W-28H, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada. Electronic address: charles.demestral@mail.utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Mestral
authors.forename: Avery B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Nathens
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification
keywords: Critical care medicine; Intensive care; Postoperative infection; Surgical site infection; Wound infection